Kade Birkhahn

Kade Birkhahn is a CQV Engineer at CAI since August 2021, bringing expertise in BCx, CQV, and Quality Assurance from experience with industry leaders. Prior experience includes a role as a Lyophilization Specialist/Research Associate at Caspr Biotech, where Kade focused on optimizing isothermal amplification for diagnostic assays, CRISPR and LAMP lyophilization, and excipient formulation. Kade also served as a Reagent Associate at Cepheid, conducting various laboratory tests and maintaining equipment, and worked as a Laboratory Technician at MBP Titan. Kade's research experience includes positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where work involved cytotoxic nucleases in CDI systems and CNS composition in tunicates. Kade holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.